Seems like most of the crowd including myself prefers the timeless and sophisticated character of the E38. I had two (95&97) 740is that I sold two years ago because I wanted to get something newer and went throught 8+ cars including 5 E36s, 2 E46s and an E39 540; still wan't satisfied! I wanted to get another 7 and looked at numerous 745/750 and these cars were pure crap in terms of quality/craftsmanship so I hunted for a CLEAN 9+/10 E38 and believe me it was the hardest thing to do. After 8 months of long search I found a CLEAN 01 740il and now I am finally satisfied!